Cephetola

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Cephetola
Species: (46)
C. aureliae – C. australis – C. barnsi – C. bwamba – C. catuna – C. cephena – C. chari – C. collinsi – C. dolorosa – C. ducarmei – C. eliasis – C. epitolina – C. gerdae – C. ghesquierei – C. godarti – C. izidori – C. kakamegae – C. kamengensis – C. karinae – C. katerae – C. kiellandi – C. maculata – C. maesseni – C. marci – C. mariae – C. martini – C. mengoensis – C. mercedes – C. mpangensis – C. nigeriae – C. nigra – C. obscura – C. orientalis – C. oubanguensis – C. ouesso – C. overlaeti – C. peteri – C. pinodes – C. praecox – C. quentini – C. rileyi – C. subcoerulea – C. subgriseata – C. sublustris – C. tanzaniensis – C. vinalli – C. viridana – C. wingae – C. wologizi

[per Williams, M. C., 2008]
Name

Cephetola Libert, 1999.

Type-species: Epitola cephena Hewitson, by original designation.
References

Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 149–151. BHL. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page.
Sáfián, S., 2015. Two new Epitolini from Liberia in the genera Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 and Cephetola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 26: 12–19. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Cephetola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. All species are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Cephetola aureliae Libert, 1999
Cephetola australis Libert, 1999
Cephetola barnsi Libert, 1999
Cephetola bwamba (Jackson, 1964)
Cephetola catuna (Kirby, 1890)
Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
Cephetola chari Libert & Collins, 1999
Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999
Cephetola dolorosa (Roche, 1954)
Cephetola ducarmei Libert, 1999
Cephetola eliasis (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
Cephetola epitolina Libert & Collins, 1999
Cephetola gerdae (Kielland & Libert, 1998)
Cephetola ghesquierei (Roche, 1954)
Cephetola godarti Libert & Collins, 1999
Cephetola izidori (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
Cephetola kakamegae Libert & Collins, 1999
Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962)
Cephetola karinae Bouyer & Libert, 1999
Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962)
Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998)
Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
Cephetola maesseni Libert, 1999
Cephetola marci Collins & Libert, 1999
Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999
Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998)
Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Cephetola mercedes (Suffert, 1904)
Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962)
Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962)
Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
Cephetola oubanguensis Libert & Collins, 1999
Cephetola ouesso (Jackson, 1962)
Cephetola overlaeti Libert, 1999
Cephetola peteri (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890)
Cephetola quentini Bouyer & Libert, 1999
Cephetola rileyi (Audeoud, 1936)
Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)
Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964)
Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cephetola tanzaniensis Libert, 1999
Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

References

Cephetola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms